DELL PowerEdge R730 rack server 2x Xeon E5-2660 v3 2.6GHz 10-core 128GB DDR4 8x 1.2TB SAS H730

Dual Xeon E5-2660 v3 compute node

The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server populated with two 10-core Xeon E5-2660 v3 processors at 2.6 GHz and 128 GB of registered DDR4 ECC memory. It ships with a PERC H730 1 GB RAID controller managing eight 1.2 TB 10K SAS drives, dual 750 W platinum power supplies, quad-port 1 GbE and 10 GbE networking, iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management, rails and bezel. The platform targets midsize and large enterprises running databases, virtualisation, VDI or HPC data-node workloads.

Virtualisation hosts needing dense CPU

This configuration suits teams that want a ready-to-rack system with dual-socket performance, hardware RAID across eight hot-swap bays and out-of-band management included. Buyers who require more than 24 DIMM slots, larger drive bays, or additional PCIe expansion beyond what the 2U chassis provides should evaluate other platforms.

PERC H730 controller with 1 GB cache

The installed H730 supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through modes, backed by a battery-protected 1 GB cache. This single component determines the array topology, rebuild speed and data protection level available to the eight SAS drives, so confirm the RAID requirements match before purchase.